Wigan's bid for AZ Alkmaar's Landzaat accepted

Wigan's bid for Holland midfielder Denny Landzaat has been accepted by his club AZ Alkmaar.

The 30-year-old, who featured for the Dutch at the 2006 World Cup, has 21 caps
for his country.

The Latics are up against Spanish side Espanyol for Landzaat, who helped AZ to
the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup two seasons ago, but manager Paul Jewell is
confident of getting his man.

'He's a player that I think can make a big impact at Wigan and I hope we can
finalise the deal,' he told the club's official website.

'It is not normal for us to comment on targets before a deal is completed but
in this instance the news has already been made public.'

Jewell added on the club website: 'I don't want to say anything more at
this stage, only to say we are very hopeful Denny will become a Wigan Athletic
player in the near future.'

Landzaat is AZ's captain and scored 10 goals from midfield for the Eredivisie
side last season.

He is a product of the Ajax Amsterdam academy set-up and has also played for
MVV Maastricht and Willem II.

He was used as a second-half substitute by Holland coach Marco van Basten in
each of the Oranje's three group games in Germany, but was not involved in the
hugely controversial second-round clash with Portugal.